Ready?

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Yeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaa!!! After
missing out on previous #TSDayOut due to unforeseen circumstances, it was time
once again to cause some havoc with the old and new gang from Tourism Selangor
together-gather with some bloggerazis! My name was picked randomly together
with my friend, Bella, whom I got to know thru previous #TSDayOut event and have since become a nutty friend of mine. The activity this time however was an
indoor type. Takleh lah asik merayau kat luar jer kan…sesekali nak gak sembunyi
daripada pancaran Matahari untuk melindungi kulit comel saya ni. Hehehe.

Escape Room Is Malaysia's First Real Life
Interactive Escape Game.The
challenge, should you choose to accept, is to engineer an escape in a tight
race against the clock in 45 minutes. This game requires 2 to 8 players and we
strive to keep your adrenaline rush going by changing the themes of the rooms
periodically. Of course we can't give away too much here. (You need the
surprises so you too can cover the entire emotional spectrum from frantic and
despondent tothrill and captivated).

While waiting for the rest of
the late comers to arrive, we were given bright yellow #TSDayOut T-shirt, a can
of Milo ngan roti plus goodie bag which came with a small cute power bank,
tumbler and TS badge.

We were separated into group of
four (4) team members to take on two (2) Escape Room. My team mates were Khairul,
Faris and Putra. Our first room (sounds kinky
no? Hehehe) was Prison Break. Erk…awal-awal dah kena masuk penjara pulak and
kalau dah jadi prisoner sure kena gari kan? (*wink wink).

Clues here and there

Guess what? We were
handcuffed to each other on one hand while our eyes were blindfolded! Hmmm….interesting.
Lepas tu the ‘Warden’ took us to our ‘cell’. Masuk dalam tengok ada katil,
tandas and grill bar blocking us from getting to the next level of the room. The
‘Warden’ explained further about the ‘prison’ and the timer were set at 45
minutes. Fuh! Stress!

No time to sleep!

First thing we needed to do was
to unlock the gari. We managed to open the box containing the key but cuba
punya cuba takleh nak buka handcuff bongok tu! Aaaaiiiieeeee!!! Geramnyer.
Takpe focus on benda lain dulu lak. While still being ‘cuffed’ together we
tried to solve other clues. Most of the locks are to be opened using number
combination so imagine my excitement as someone who ‘loves’ numbers! Bluek! We were
able to buka another box but the blardy handcuff was restricting our movement
so we decided to use our first ‘save call button’. Warden masuk balik and
helped to ‘un-gari’ us. Tengok-tengok kunci bongok tu ada slight malfunction
lak. Chet!

Warden explaining....

Once we got freed, it was much easier to roam around the room. With
excellent joint effort between my teammates, we berjaya nak pegi bilik lagi
satu but had trouble trying to figure out the clues so we ‘asked’ for help once
more. Lepas tu apa lagi? Race against time lar. With less than 6 minutes our ‘gang’
escaped. Mak ai lega giler ok. Keluar tengok team lain belum abis lagi so
celebrate our breakout by taking victory pictures.

We escaped the prison!!!

Cayalah gang bandit aku ni!

One by one group that managed
to beat the time or got beaten by the time came out. Lepas tu apa lagi? Kecoh
kejap till we got prepped for the next room which is the most difficult room,
Taken. If you are a movie buff, you would know that Liam Neeson started in a
movie with the same title as father whose daughter was kidnap and try to rescue
her. Bilik ni punya storyline lebih kurang sama lar.

Ay caremba....susah siot bilik ni!

In we went and started to
ransack the oredi messed up room, searching for all and any clues possible to ‘rescue’
the kidnapped girl. Once again teamwork was awesome as we kept talking and
lending hand to each other when any of us got stuck on the next move. We
unlocked one manga after another with time catching up fast on us.
On the last room where we ‘found’ the girl, we were left with less than three
(3) minutes! ARGHHH….4567 1357 9745 1567 1578…hampeh apa nombor kombinasi untuk
lock ni wey???…ok ok…rilek rilek…pikir betul-betul…tak guna rush. Lepas tu…jeng
jeng jeng with two (2) minutes to spare we emerged from Taken room. Cewah! Bravo
team!!! Tak sangka boleh lepas siot! Hampir nak pitam kejap tadi. Next up…photo
session lar…apa lagi?

On top of
the Escape Room game winners, next in line was to reward six (6) best Instagram
pictures. Hmm…tang amek gamba ni memang aku jarang sekali sangkut. Two (2) of
my teammates, Faris and Putra won and so did Bella…#untunglar till tetiba keluar
pulak nama aku….aiks…biar betul? Hehehe…double ong lor! Hiak! Hiak! Hiak!

Sooooooo…..there you go another
fantastic way to spend time with old while making more new friends whilst
discovering another part of Selangor. Well done Tourism Selangor for stepping
up the game this time and making sure the participants leave with a big smile
on their faces, tummy filled with yummy food and kepala penuh dengan memori
gumbira! To those who have yet to join, don’t fret because I’m sure Tourism
Selangor will come up with more great activities for us to enjoy kao kao!

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

The Boxtrolls Review
– Another underground creature to compete with the yellow minions. Are they any
cuter or fun?

Definition of fugly = Boxtrolls

People of
Cheesebridge have been fed with fear by Lord Portley-Rind (Ed Harris) and Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) about the Boxtrolls living beneath their town. These Boxtrolls have been accused of stealing
the townspeople’s most precious possession, their cheese. Things get uglier
when one of the BoxTroll ‘kidnap’ baby Trubshaw. It was just
the right opportunity Snatcher was looking for to get rid of all the Boxtrolls.
In exchange for his red hat and be accepted into the white hat society. One
after another Boxtrolls gets caught and one night while Lord Portley-Rind’s
daughter, Winnie (Elle Fanning) was throwing a fit, she stumbles upon the
Boxtrolls and a boy. The next morning, the boy (Egg voiced by Isaac Hempstead
Wright) finally ventures out the town in daylight and locates Snatcher’s
factory. Little did he know, Winnie was on his tail and accidently follow Egg
underground and finds out the real truth about the Boxtrolls. The kids also
learns about Snatcher’s other evil plan and together they have to convince the
rest of the town before time runs out. Can Eggs and Winnie stop Snatcher and
save The Boxtrolls?

Cheese loving people of Cheesebridge

I gotta admit, there’s
something about the British accent that I love and this movie featured some of
the best pronunciation. Heck, try saying The Boxtrolls in an English twang and
you will get what I mean. That’s because some of the voice talents used are
England’s most gifted folks. Ben Kingsley stood out the most with his twist of
evil vocal, speaking or singing wise. The visual are an added bonus with every
emotions captured well. The music in the background. The storyline however was
predictable but keep in mind it’s catered for kids so don’t expect any Oscar winning
edition. Just sit back and enjoy the trip around Cheesebridge.

Winnie and Eggs!

After watching the
usual animated type of movies, the style of the film grabs ones attention. The
intricate way the town and its characters are portrayed shows the hard put in
to produce this flick. Despite the weak storyline, there is an underlying
message. The age old, don’t judge the book by its cover. The Boxtrolls may
appear like foul creatures but the truth will be revealed later on. Just like
life, sometimes we judged too early only to regret our action later. Bring your
little ones so they could learns a lesson while enjoy Eggs, Fish, Fragile, Shoes and
the gang run around Cheesebridge.

Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Planes : Fire and Rescue Review – After winning the World Championship,
life is never the same for the tiny crop-dusting plane, Dusty. What fly-venture
will he face this time around?

...at your service!

Flying high off his victory, Dusty (Dane Cook) is brought back to the
ground when he busts his gearbox. Bad news gets worst when his gearbox are out
of production and while flying to release his frustration, Dusty accidently set
fire to the town airport. Lack of latest security features cause the airport to
shut down until they can find an additional fire fighter. In order to make up
for his mistake, Dusty takes up aging fire fighter, Mayday (Hal Holbrook) offers
to train at Piston Peak Air Attack Base. Once there, Dusty is educated the
correct way to put off fire by Blade Ranger (Ed Harris). Together with the rest
of team comprising of Lil Dipper (Julie Bowen), Windlifter
(Wes Studi) and a lively bunch of brave all-terrain vehicles known
as The Smokejumpers., Dusty has to face his biggest challenge to save
lives. Will he succeed in his mission to obtain a fire fighter certification?

Ground crew!

Lively cast voice used for this flick helped bring out the characters.
Most prominent would be Dane Cook but I liked Julie Bowen’s Lil Dipper the
best. New characters voice was a good addition. As for the story, it’s much developed
than the predecessor so I enjoyed this one better. The spirited music, the
vibrant colours - it had all the usual Disney animation ingredients but sadly
something is still amiss. It’s just not how Aladdin, The Lion King, Beauty and
The Beast used to be. Maybe it’s just me. Haih.

Fire busters!

If you are going to be a sour puss, you would
wonder few of these things like… who are the seats for? How can they see the
gauges inside the cockpit when their eyes are outside the plane? Just remember
it’s an ANIMATION so stop being an arse and just enjoy ok. If this flick doesn’t
take off-pun intended your interesting just swing by other movie instead. Not
that hard now is it?

P/s - #Churpremiere tickets and notebook provided by the awesome people of Churp Churp!

Monday, 8 September 2014

As
Above/So Below Review – Hot looking explorer chick looking for the infamous Philosopher’s
Stone underneath the City of Light…interesting…..or is it???

Hot looking cast wasted on this flick....tsk tsk tsk

Scarlett
Marlowe (Perdita Weeks) is daughter of a famous explorer who was in the verge
of discovering the location of illusive stone ‘created’ by Nicholas Flamel. Her
father however commits suicide before he could get to the stone. Scarlett is
then bent on pursuing her father’s hunt. After figuring out an important clue
in the Middle East, she travels to France to recruit her old flame, Benji (Ben
Feldman) to help her translate the rest of the hints. Together with an amateur
cameraman and bunch of underground ‘experts’, they venture below to the tunnel.
As you can imagine, creepy, eerie, sinister, disturbing and what not things
start to happen just when the team think they have finally found the ‘treasure’.
Little did they know that was just a small part of the puzzle they need to
solve. They will soon learn that finding the way back alive will involve them
facing their past and survive the lesson it taught them.

Stuck between hell, haven and Earth!

The Director decides to hire a
hottie and put her thru hell-like literally! Drench her with sweat, crawl over bones,
douse in blood, you name it…she’s been thru it. Too bad the ‘action’ part
failed highlight her multiple academic distinctions. She still ends up looks
like any dumb blonde stuck in a horror movie trying to make her way out alive.
While the rest of the cast are there only to provide extra screams while
causing more confusion and panic. Don’t get me started about the camera work. Total
headache trigger, my friend refused to look at the screen because the whole
damn movie was shot using a hand held camera. Silap haribulan can vomit your
food and look for Panadol later. Paris is always portrayed as City of Love
which looks bloody scary from another angle! One is better off staying on
ground rather than explore what’s underneath.

Will she make it our alive?

Nothing…I mean not even one
special thing about this flick. I mean something’s are never meant to be found
so let’s leave it where it belongs and move on with our lives shall we? Plus everybody
knows…the Philosopher’s
Stone is with Harry Potter isn’t?! Hehehe Lame… I know but then so is this
flick. Bluek.